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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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